Tile baseboard height?

last year

We are doing tile baseboards in our kids bathroom. What is a typical height for tile baseboards? We have 5.5" wood baseboards everywhere else in the house, but I feel like that would be a lot of tile (or maybe it won't?)

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Lyn Nielson
last year
there is a readymade base tile, it has a cove shape where it meats the floor tile annd a clean edge at the top to continue with wall tile, or end and paint the wall.

Look... or ask if there base tile that matches or compliments your tile of choice. It makes for a great finish. They generally are not 5" in height, but tiles vary, get all your tiles ready before you get started.
CD
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last year
Thanks @Lyn Nielson do you have a link to what you're referring to? I was planning to use the same floor tile for the baseboard, so he'll just cut it to the size I want. He's almost done finishing the floor and asked me what height I want for the tile baseboard. I was thinking about 4" h?
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Thank you everyone!! @Jan Moyer... Its a rather contemporary feel bath. When you walk in, the shower is a medium size curbless walk in with the same 6"x24" white porcelain tiles in a horizontal stacked bond throughout. There is an accent of Oceanside glass hexagon tiles in "Tide" (a teal color) running vertically down center of long (72") wall. There are 3 shower heads, one on the short wall, a rain head directly over the accent strip, and a handheld on a rail next to the bench at the back short wall (42"). Clear glass frameless shower door. All showerheads controlled by a Grohe controller at entrance. Directly in front if you are standing at door is a linen cupboard, floor to ceiling.(24"x98"). this is the wall we want to tile, it is only 60" from the edge of the cabinet to the corner. in that intersecting wall is the toilet, we wanted the toilet are tiled. Next to the toilet, and to the right as you enter is s 68" floating vanity, flat slab doors. The cabinet is maple, with a smoky-taupey stain. Countertop is Cambria Montgomery. Fixtures are Riobel Zendo. There will be a mirrored medicine cabinet above the single sink, Kohler Verticyl lav sink. We want to tile this vanity/toilet wall with the white large subway tiles and a horizontal accent on the Oceanside tile at about 52". The floor is "White Hot" by...now the mfg. has slipped my mind. 12x24" tile.
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Lyn Nielson
last year
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this is a corner tile. the photo didn't attach... google Lowes.com and ask for cove tile ... schluter brand has a few options, so does American Olean. I'll keep trying to add the photo.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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I need to see the bathroom to have any idea about baseboard . if this is already planned then 4" is perfect nad I like the idea of the same tile to line up with the floor and use schluter for the top edge in a stainless color it will just give aclean edge andd not really be noticeacble then just silicone where the tile meets the floor. You could do it on top and bottom like this but if the tile setter is good that cut side will be perfect and the silicone is all you need.
kandrewspa
last year
The question you need to ask is if he cuts a piece to make a baseboard, what is the exposed edge going to look like? Everyone's definition of what a finished edge may be different. That is why tile made for this purpose was recommended by Lyn.
CD
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last year
I am going to be using “classic grey” schluter edge to match our light grey tiles

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